Cover for flatiron stands



Jan. 6, 1948. E. M. PRIOR COVER FOR FLATIRON STANDS Filed Aug. 18, 1944Aw iA/raf 0 IVE) Patented Jan. 6, 1948 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COVERFOR FLATIRON STANDS Ethel M. Prior, West Hartford, Conn.

Application August 18, 1944, Serial No. 550,009

1 Claim. 1

My invention relates to the class of devices within which a flatironstand may be enclosed for the purpose of protecting articles offurniture upon which the stand may be set, and also for the purpose ofpreventing the fiatiron stand from being unduly heated, and an object ofmy inven tion, among others, is to provide a device of this kind thatshall efiectively accomplish the purposes for which it is designed.

One form of my improved flatiron stand, in the construction and use ofwhich the objects herein set out, as well as others, may be attained, isillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is aperspective view of my improved cover for flatiron stands as seenlooking at the top.

Figure 2 is a similar view as seen looking at the bottom.

Figure 3 is a view in cross section on a plane denoted by the dottedline 33 of Fig. 1.

Figure 4 is a perspective View illustrating the manner of inserting theflatiron stand into the cover.

Flatiron stands in use at the present time are frequently composed ofheat conducting material as metal, the type of stand in general usecomprising two plates of suitable material spacedapart and one formingthe base and the other comprising the top, the latter being supported bythe former by means of legs. These stands are especially designed foruse with electric fiatirons and the inherent qualities of the standsmake them more or less noisy, and the heat conditions have in numerousinstances caused damage to articles of furniture on which the stand mayrest when electric current has inadvertently been allowed to flowthrough the flatiron for considerable lengths of time with the fiatironresting upon the stand.

My invention overcomes these various objections as well as others byproviding a cover that is an insulator both as to heat and noise, suchcover being shown in the accompanying drawings in which the numeral 5denotes the top of my improved flatiron stand cover that may be madegenerally in the shape of flatirons in common use at the present time,and as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. This top is formed fromasbestos or other heat non-conducting material and of proper thicknessto withstand the uses to which it may be put. A narrow border 6 of metalor other rigid material is secured to the edge of the cover by formingit into grooved shape and then closely squeezing the sides into closecontact with opposite sides of the cover. The rigidity of this materialmay be relied upon to securely hold it in place. A jacket or pocket isformed to enclose the stand, this jacket or pocket comprising in part abinding and a bottom portion having their meeting edges 7 securedtogether and extending along the sides 8 of the jacket at about thecenter thereof that are turned up from the bottom 9 of the jacket.

The bottom 9 of the jacket extends across the bottom and partially upthe sides as shown in Fig. 3 where the upper edges are secured in anysuitable manner to the lower edges of the binding 10.

The binding I0 is extended around the back end where it is formed into aclosing flap II, the lower edge of which is secured to the bottom 9 inany suitable manner and the upper edge having one member l2 of each of anumber of snap fasteners suitably formed to engage the other members l3of said fasteners formed in the back portion of the border 6, and asshown in Figs. 2 and 4.

It is not intended that the stand hereinafter set forth shall bepermanently enclosed within the jacket or pocket, it being, in fact,desirable in order to preserve the jacket or pocket from undue wear toremove the stand, in which case there is a flexibility between the top 5and the bottom 9 which allows such parts to rest together without thepresence of the stand, and this is a particular feature of my invention.

As thus constructed the jacket or pocket comprises a pointed end l4 andan open or back end 15 within which open end the fiatiron stand may beinserted, such stand being illustrated in Fig. 4 and comprising top andbottom plates it-Il joined by supports 18 of any suitable form and asshown in Fig. 4, said supports being secured to the top and bottomplates in order to properly space said plates apart and support the topplate with a flatiron thereon.

The top 5 of the jacket or pocket is composed mostly of asbestos whichis treated in any of the well known ways to comprise a semi-stiffsurface suiiiciently rigid to, in itself, support a flatiron, althoughit would not serve such purpose in every day use and therefore the standis provided to serve such purpose.

In order to render the pocket absolutely fireproof the binding l 0 iscomposed of a coarse grade of asbestos.

I claim:

A fiatiron stand comprising a top composed of a semi-rigid sheet ofasbestos material, a bottom 3 4 01' a flexible textile material having asurrounding upwardly projecting marginal portion, a bind- REFERENCESCITED ing of loosely woven asbestos material stitched The followingreferen e are of record in the to said portion along the edge thereof toprovide fil of this patent; a heat resisting and insulating portionbetween 5 the said top and bottom, and a metallic border UNITED STATESPATENTS surrounding the said top and securing the said Number Name Datebinding thereto. 1,632,348 Prior June 14, 1927 ETHEL" PRIOR.;

